Coach Cam Newbauer reached a personal milestone Sunday afternoon, but he didn’t know it until after Florida’s women’s basketball team defeated Longwood 71-54 at the O’Connell Center.
To say that Florida’s women’s basketball team struggled on the road last season is an understatement.
Florida’s women’s basketball team was engaged in a back-and-forth battle with Grambling State on Tuesday night.
Florida’s women’s basketball team has the opportunity on Tuesday to do what it only did once last season: win a road game.
Twenty minutes of basketball, 23 three-point attempts and zero points.
The Florida women’s basketball team held its preseason media day Thursday, and coach Cam Newbauer and the players got to share their thoughts on the offseason and the season to come. They spoke a lot on improvement from last season and had a new-found confidence. Here are three areas the team addressed for the upcoming season:
The first quarter seemed to be over.
The Florida women’s basketball season came to an end last Thursday in Greenville, South Carolina, with an 87-56 loss to Missouri in the second round of the SEC Tournament.
The sparse Florida crowd at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, sheepishly tried to revitalize the players, but only in vain.
Ole Miss coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin desperately tried to motivate her team during the final timeout of the game. She slammed her clipboard to the ground and pounded her fist against her red leather jacket looking for a reaction from her players, but she was met with silence.
Guard Funda Nakkasoglu stepped to the free-throw line amid a monster, 23-point performance.
It was all smiles before Thursday night’s game at the O’Connell Center as Florida honored its lone senior, Funda Nakkasoglu, on Senior Night.
It was over early.
Aggies center Ciera Johnson scored an easy right-handed layup to open the scoring on the first possession of Monday night’s game at the O’Connell Center.
Growing up, Funda Nakkasoglu wondered why she couldn’t have a “normal” name.
It was like watching a movie you’ve seen a thousand times before.
Cam Newbauer just looked down in the post-game press conference. The typically optimistic coach was quiet after his team gave up over 90 points for a second-straight game.
Florida was down 17 early in the third quarter in Athens, Georgia, looking for anything to shift the momentum. An easy rebound floated up for UF, and a sea of Gator hands reached up for the ball. But the big paws of Georgia forward Caliya Robinson soared above them all to snatch the rebound and make the easy put-back.
Florida guard Delicia Washington had been there before.
Fans of the Florida women’s basketball team could dream for the first three quarters on Sunday.
Solutions by The State News
